🆚 Google AdSense vs. Google Ads

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Advertising technology
Advertising technology

About

Google AdSense is an advertising network that lets publishers earn revenue by displaying targeted ads on their websites.

It supports contextual and audience-based ad selection, offers automatically placed ads, provides multiple formats such as display, in-article, in-feed, and multiplex, and overlay formats such as anchor, side rail, and vignette ads.

Since 2024, AdSense has been paying publishers on a pay-per-impression basis, also known as the CPM (cost per mille) model.

Google Ads is a pay-per-click advertising platform owned by Google that allows businesses to display ads across Google Search, YouTube, Maps, and a large network of third-party partner sites including ones monetizing through Google AdSense.

It supports keyword-based search campaigns, audience and demographic targeting, automated bidding, responsive display and video formats, and conversion tracking.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Revenue share80%

Categories

Advertising › Rank #1
Advertising › Rank #2
Ad Tracking › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google AdSense advertising technology is 1.1 times more popular than Google Ads.
Total websites

Market share

Advertising

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google AdSense is more popular in Japan, Germany, and India, while Google Ads is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland.
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
Germany
India
France
Brazil
Spain
Poland
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google AdSense is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, general news, and education and reference, while Google Ads is more commonly used on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
General News
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Travel
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#12
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See also

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